A powerful command-line tool for managing macOS system services, supporting both launchd and Homebrew services with an intuitive interactive interface.

• 📋 List Services: View all system services with their current status
• 🚀 Start Services: Interactive service selection and startup
• 🛑 Stop Services: Interactive service selection and shutdown
• 📊 Service Status: Check detailed status of specific services
• 🍺 Homebrew Support: Manage both launchd and brew services
• 🎨 Colorful Output: Beautiful, color-coded terminal interface
• ⚡ Fast & Efficient: Built with Rust for optimal performance

• macOS (required for launchd support)
• Rust 1.70+ (for building from source)
• Homebrew (optional, for brew service management)

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/sw3do/macos-service-manager.git
cd macos-service-manager

# Build the project
cargo build --release

# Install globally (optional)
cargo install --path .

cargo install --git https://github.com/sw3do/macos-service-manager.git

# Show help
service-manager --help

# List all services
service-manager list

# List only running services
service-manager list --running

# Include brew services in listing
service-manager list --brew

# Start a service (interactive)
service-manager start

# Start with brew services included
service-manager start --brew

# Stop a service (interactive)
service-manager stop

# Stop with brew services included
service-manager stop --brew

# Check specific service status
service-manager status <service-name>

# Check brew service status
service-manager status <service-name> --brew

$ service-manager list
🔧 System Services:
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
🟢 [LAUNCHD] com.apple.WindowServer - running (PID: 123)
🔴 [BREW] nginx - stopped
🟢 [BREW] mysql - started
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
📊 Total 3 services listed

$ service-manager start --brew
🚀 Select the service you want to start:
❯ nginx [BREW]
  postgresql [BREW]
  com.example.service [LAUNCHD]

$ service-manager status nginx --brew
📋 Brew Service: nginx - Status: started

• Language: Rust 🦀
• CLI Framework: clap 4.0
• Async Runtime: tokio
• Interactive UI: dialoguer
• Colorization: colored
• Serialization: serde

1. Launchd Services: Native macOS system services managed by launchctl
2. Homebrew Services: Services installed and managed via brew services

• launchctl list - List launchd services
• launchctl load/unload - Start/stop launchd services
• brew services list - List brew services
• brew services start/stop - Start/stop brew services

The tool provides color-coded output for easy identification:

• 🟢 Green: Running/Started services
• 🔴 Red: Stopped services
• 🟡 Yellow: Unknown status
• 🔵 Blue: Service names and headers
• 🟣 Magenta: [BREW] badges
• 🔷 Cyan: [LAUNCHD] badges and PID information

No configuration file is required. The tool automatically:

• Detects Homebrew availability
• Adapts interface based on available service types
• Provides appropriate warnings when brew is unavailable

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/sw3do/macos-service-manager.git
cd macos-service-manager  

# Install dependencies
cargo build

# Run tests
cargo test

# Run with development profile
cargo run -- list

• Follow Rust standard formatting (cargo fmt)
• Ensure all tests pass (cargo test)
• Run clippy for linting (cargo clippy)

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

• Built with ❤️ using Rust
• Inspired by the need for better macOS service management
• Thanks to the Rust community for excellent crates

If you encounter any issues or have questions:

1. Check the Issues page
2. Create a new issue with detailed information
3. Include your macOS version and error messages

Made with 🦀 Rust by sw3do